January 2015
Between January 2015 and January 2016, STUDIOTORINO is involved in an innovative project in the zero-emission "green automotive" sector.
The client is Magna Steyr Italia directed by Tiziano Novo, who in turn shares the project with the Graz headquarters in the person of Hans-Peter Pessler.
The complete design of an electric vehicle "only" powered by solar energy is required, and also to provide "assistance" to the Magna Italia mathematizers and consequently then follow the construction of the style models.
An important part of this project is the complete technical feasibility by the Magna Italia Design Center, and the STUDIOTORINO Team will be of support by interfacing daily through the Project Manager Carlo Carena for style changes.
Moncalieri 2015: mood boards by Spadaconcept - Studiotorino and C.S. Magna Steyr Austria.
The end customer is Hanergy. a leading Chinese solar energy company, and in particular in the construction of the most innovative flexible solar panels.
The Style Center of Magna Steyr in Graz is also involved in the search for style and will provide various proposals in competition with STUDIOTORINO.
Hanergy's request is that this car be unique in style, different, advanced and above all visionary.
Moncalieri 2015: the designs then selected by Hanergy
For this work STUDIOTORINO will avail itself of the exclusive collaboration of Paolo Spada's SPADACONCEPT style studio.
In Team Magna Steyr Italia, Austria, they will compete with the Hanergy Managers Dr Gao and Mr Yan, Messrs. Tiziano Novo, Carlo Carena, Carlo Mantovani, Bruno Lambert, Hans-Peter Pessler, Peter Lausegger and the modelers Flavio and Davide Secoli of the company Viotti.
The technical specifications of this vehicle by Hanergy are a great challenge, in the sense that not only will the bodywork have to be covered by no less than 9 m2 of solar panels, but also a complex mechanism will have to be applied in the pavilion to be able to electrically extend a series of other additional solar panels with an origami-type system, to be extended into special parking areas for charging.
Rivoli 2015: the designs then selected by Hanergy
Rivoli 2015: the reference model in resin under milling. On the right we can see Alfredo Stola.
2015: the reference model in resin under milling. On the right we can see Alfredo Stola in the Viotti workshop.
Rivoli 2015: Alfredo Stola tries out the driver's seat at the Viotti model shop
Rivoli 2015 at Viotti around the interior model: Davide and Flavio Secoli, Paolo Spada, Emanuele Battista, Roberto Saist, Angelo Benvenuti and Mingozzi.
The name Solemio is particularly successful, in honor of the famous Neapolitan song “O SOLE MIO” published in 1898.
The Solemio logo is inspired by the construction of a puzzle, later also translated into the English language MySun.
2015 Moncalieri The name SOLEMIO imagined by Alfredo Stola, represented with a logo resembling an enigmatic puzzle, also available in English with MYSUN.